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Though our favourite sites always deliver and never disappoint and there are aggregators like the Ooh! Directory and other webrings, true serendipity is an increasingly rare commodity on the internet. Granted this came as an appeal to narcissism—trying it out for this site and some PfRC adjacent friends of the blog—we were intrigued with this little fortuity engine, via Web Curios, in the form of a Google Chrome extension called Browser Buddy. Whilst a bit apprehensive about such add-ons as an invitation to scrap one’s data or target ads, it appears to be a non-intrusive co-pilot that pops up in a corner and offers a list of sites hosted on similar platforms with the same energy. A few recent discoveries to follow are sourced from these suggestions. Venturing outside of one’s zone without a map or agenda is still the best way to rewild one’s interests, however, even if it does take effort and often nets little on each excursion.